Obama to supporters: We won, GOP caved

1/2/13 2:07 PM EST

President Obama took time out to film a video for supporters, thanking them for pushing Congress to raise taxes and declaring victory in the fiscal-cliff standoff.

"Just recently, Republicans in Congress said they'd never agree to raise tax rates on the wealthiest Americans. We’ve now raised those rates, permanently, making our tax code more progressive than it’s been in decades,” he says.

In the three-minute video distributed to supporters via email by campaign manager Jim Messina, Obama says he is eager to finish up what remains to be done to get the nation's fiscal house in order so he can move on to other issues he wants to tackle in his second term: ending the war in Afghanistan, immigration reform, reducing the country's dependence on foreign oil, addressing climate change, reforming schools and opening higher education to more Americans.

“I hope you stay involved because just like four years ago, winning an election won't bring about the change we seek on its own," he says. "It only gives us the chance to make that change."